Bill Text: NH HB556 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring schools to post the state telephone numbers to report child abuse and relative to criminal history records checks of school employees and volunteers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-20 - Signed by Governor Sununu 07/18/2017; Chapter 245; Eff. 9/16/2017 [HB556 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2017-HB556-Introduced.html
HB 556 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0177
04/05
HOUSE BILL 556
AN ACT requiring schools to post the state telephone numbers to report child abuse.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Carson, Dist 14
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires each school and chartered public school to post a sign containing information on how to report child abuse or neglect to the division of children, youth, and families.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0177
04/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT requiring schools to post the state telephone numbers to report child abuse.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Child Abuse or Neglect Information. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 71 the following new subdivision:
Child Abuse or Neglect Information
189:72 Child Abuse or Neglect Information. The school board of each public school and chartered public school shall post in a clearly visible location in a public area of the school that is readily accessible to students a sign in English and Spanish that contains the telephone number operated by the New Hampshire division of children, youth, and families of the department of health and human services, to receive reports of child abuse or neglect and instructions on how to access the division of children, youth, and families website. The state board of education may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relating to the size and location of the sign required in this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
